(There’s a lengthy pause while I wait for him to look. After he doesn’t say anything for awhile, I decide to ask.)

Me: “So, what are they doing?”

Professor: “Oh! Let me go look…”

(This goes on for another 15 minutes, where he doesn’t answer a single question I ask. I eventually manage to get him to plug a ethernet cable in, but it is still saying a cable is unplugged. He still will not not listen to me and goes on doing his own thing. Five minutes later…)